Explore Stanza through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like text. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stanza meaning
- A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
- An apartment or division in a building.
- An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
Synonyms of Stanza
Using Stanza
- The main meaning on this page is: A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse. | An apartment or division in a building. | An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
- Useful related words include: text, textual matter.
- In the example corpus, stanza often appears in combinations such as: second stanza, first stanza, final stanza.
Context around Stanza
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stanza
- In this selection, "stanza" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, final, third, first, last and afrikaans stand out and add context to how "stanza" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a four stanza pantoum is and afrikaans third stanza and english. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stanza" sits close to words such as airship, anal and annihilation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stanza
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But that stanza is enough to break something open in him. (11 words)
Punahou led 21-14 with 1:54 left in the third stanza. (12 words)
It was a principle of stanza-formation that single and double rhymes had to alternate in the stanza. (18 words)
In the stanza that follows, a list of names of horses are given that the Æsir ride to "sit as judges" at Yggdrasil.sfn In stanza 31, Odin says that the ash Yggdrasil has three roots that grow in three directions. (41 words)
Moving to the middle stanza, the home side retook the lead six and a half minutes in thanks to Chase Thompson converting as he took a pass from newcomer Braeden Vis and ripped it past Dyer from the left wing. (40 words)
The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages – Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza), and English (final stanza). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages – Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza), and English (final stanza).
A four-stanza pantoum is common (although more may be used), and in the final stanza, lines one and three from the first stanza can be repeated, or new lines can be written.
From there, Carroll suggests writing “dilutions,” which are poems in which the first line of each stanza is borrowed from the lines of stanza of a preexisting poem.
The beginning of the second stanza continues the first stanza's clues and refers to the tide and a dock.
Federico Fazio replaced Rojo by at the start of the second stanza and just three minutes into the second stanza, Argentina were ahead.
In nearly every case the 1st and 6th stanza (or repeating the last lines), or the 1st stanza alone, are sung/played rather than the entire song, which would result in about 15 minutes of music.
In the stanza that follows, a list of names of horses are given that the Æsir ride to "sit as judges" at Yggdrasil.sfn In stanza 31, Odin says that the ash Yggdrasil has three roots that grow in three directions.
It was a principle of stanza-formation that single and double rhymes had to alternate in the stanza.
After a tight, tactical, scoreless first half, the Jets went on a spree in the second stanza to earn their first win since beating Adelaide 1-0 on December 27.
And just as he did in the first stanza, he ended the round on his back eating more strikes.
Bamidele, who was represented by Mrs Shade Adepeju-Joseph, Director, Diaspora and International Affairs, Office of the Leader of the Senate, urged leaders to always meditate on the second stanza of the Nigerian National Anthem.
But that stanza is enough to break something open in him.
Despite a man down, the Royals played better in the second stanza, making it difficult for Danbort to stop the runs of forward, Solomon Kuuwono.
Falcons Blake Bride and Nate Horn scored back-to-back goals to make it 5-1 early in the that stanza.
However, he did face a fair bit of adversity himself, most notably when he was sent tumbling to the canvas by a well-timed jab from his rival in the final stanza.
Later in the stanza, Belleville evened the score at the 9:24 mark as Jake Lucchini found the back of the net with a beautifully placed shot on the man advantage to force extra time.
Maybe they did, and when they came to the stanza about the Angel of Death, they beheld his murderous ways before their eyes.
Moving to the middle stanza, the home side retook the lead six and a half minutes in thanks to Chase Thompson converting as he took a pass from newcomer Braeden Vis and ripped it past Dyer from the left wing.
Punahou led 21-14 with 1:54 left in the third stanza.
Red thinks the true hint lies in the first half of the stanza, they need to locate Bostwick’s grave.
Common combinations with stanza
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- second stanza 25×
- first stanza 16×
- final stanza 16×
- stanza of 16×
- the stanza 16×
- opening stanza 12×
- in stanza 10×
- stanza in 9×
- stanza and 7×
- stanza is 7×